The_Lansing_Magnate
The_Lansing_Magnate
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I'm very happy about Good Truckin' moving to a larger location. It'd be a mainstay for me if I knew I could get seating without waiting outside. As it is I only go there once in a great while and I never take guests there because I don't want them s…
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@gbdinlansing: I don't like riding in the streets on the main roads unless there's a bike lane, and even then I'm not a huge fan. I'll stick to the sidewalk and cut over to side streets if there's a lot of pedestrian traffic. I will ride my bike …
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I guess for me, I've noticed that I can bicycle to where I'm going a lot faster than the bus can get me there. So I only take the bus when the weather is bad. I live and work in Lansing and my bike is over twice as fast as the bus. For me it takes a…
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My guess is that the location was chosen in part to please the MSU Foundation, which I'd imagine is pretty influential at the university. It was an easy way for McLaren to build clout at the university and stay within a 3 mile radius of the original…
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CATA could use some updating. Route 1 is the only that I'd call convenient and even that could be improved. The two main things I'd like to see is an updated app that allows you to buy tickets, and routes that continue going east-west or north-so…
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I should've elaborated in my last post that in my dream world, GM would partner with the RE Olds Museum and improve it. Not that it isn't already a fine museum, but certainly it could be expanded.
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I believe I remember reading about a time not too long ago when the city asked GM about the huge parking lots. GM hinted that maybe one day the company would use the parking lots for a new development, and that shut the city right up, of course. Lan…
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I was walking down Washington that evening and someone asked if the hold up was over. I had no idea what that person was talking about until later. I thought I was talking to a crazy person!
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@Hood: That was great information. Thanks. Still makes me think GM is the clear #3 economic pillar in Greater Lansing, which is undoubtedly a very important role. I wouldn't want to see GM leave. @gbdinlansing: GM World in the Renaissance Center …
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I know as a millennial that GM/the Big 3 are not big on our radars. When they do hire our parents and aunts and uncles will freak out and repost the job ads on our Facebooks, but when you really look at the offer it's usually not that great. I can g…
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@hood: GM has cut its Greater Lansing labor force in half this century. The only big-time supplier here is Demmer, with under 1,000 employees. There are quite a few smaller suppliers, too, but how many employees are we talking about total? Another t…
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I think GM isn't as big of a deal as it used to be in Lansing. I think at this point it's larger in people's heads than in reality. Don't get me wrong. GM is still one of the top employers in the region, and if the company up and left it would le…
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@hood: I pretty much agree with you. When I was looking up the GDP of Lansing, I was impressed to see how well Lansing weathered the last recession. To have an economy diversified enough to pull that off in the Rust Belt is huge. Mid-sized cities wi…
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@gbdlansing: I feel like in Ann Arbor, developments are always adding to downtown. In Lansing and East Lansing, it always feels like developments are replacing something. It's a small difference in mindset that makes a big difference in results.
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I'm not trying to correct you, but rather flesh out the facts. Which may be annoying, so I apologize. Anyway, Ann Arbor was made the county seat of Washtenaw in in 1827, and the home of U of M in 1837. Lansing was the made the state capital in 1847,…
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Here are some interesting stats, gbdinlansing: Greater Lansing has a higher GDP than metro Ann Arbor and has over 100,000 more people. Of course Ann Arbor is more economically integrated into the much larger Detroit area (it's part of the Detroit co…
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To veer discussion into a different discussion, I'm curious to hear where people think Greater Lansing will be in ten years. I've only lived here a little over a year, so I don't have the same perspective many of you here likely do. I feel silly …
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The bank building on Grand River had a great facade hidden under that urban renewal nightmare - much of which I suspect could've been restored - and I think the building with the old Thai Hut was such a nice, gritty classic urban building. The build…
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As a Lansing citizen I never find a reason to go to city hall. To me it's wasting valuable real estate. As long as the building is still there I'm happy. The plaza always struck me as one of those typical '60s/'70s plazas that nobody ever uses and a…
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@MichMatters: I'd hope that they were aiming higher than a Radisson-level hotel. Not that Radisson is a bad company, but it's not very sexy. You're right that the corner of Walnut and Allegan wouldn't be terrible, but you can't deny that it's inferi…